A: Advantage to self-publishing? Your game gets published at all… maybe.

Pitfalls to self-publishing? Owning any business yourself is a challenge, especially if you don’t know much about that kind of business or that industry. Chances of success are slim. Your game could be poorly designed; it could have poor graphic design; your rules might be poorly written; you might not be able to secure the funding you need; you might have trouble finding a good manufacturer; marketing ANYTHING is a colossal challenge: getting people to try and buy whatever product you’re making.

Maybe the biggest pitfall is at the first step: being able to assess whether you actually have a game that’s worth sinking huge amounts of time and money into making.